Middle Schools in Ravenna City

Ravenna City, Ohio contains a single middle school — Brown Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8 with about 508 students (roughly 127 per grade) on S Scranton Street in Ravenna — so families here are looking at one option rather than comparing several buildings. Because Brown is the only middle school in the Ravenna City district, district-wide figures largely mirror this one school, and that district ranks in the 19th percentile of Ohio districts with a 1-star rating.

Brown currently sits at the 26th percentile of Ohio middle schools (rank 769 of 1,046) with a 1-star rating, and its results are mixed. Math is the clearest weakness: proficiency averages 26.9%, against a state average of 54.0%, with only about one in five 7th graders proficient (18.6%). English language arts averages 43.3% and science 52.2%, both below state averages. The striking exception is Algebra I, where 82.6% of test-takers were proficient — 21 points above the state — though that course typically enrolls an accelerated, self-selected group rather than the full grade. Chronic absenteeism stands at 36.1%, marginally better than the district's 37.0%, meaning more than a third of students miss enough school to affect their learning. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so poverty-adjusted comparisons are not possible.

There are encouraging signs. Seven of eleven tested metrics improved from 2024-25 to 2025-26, and the school's average gap to the state narrowed from about 20 points to about 16.5. Eighth grade ELA jumped 21 points (24.5% to 45.5%), science rose at both grades, and Algebra I gained 15.9 points. The main setback was 6th grade math, which fell 12.7 points to 25.2% while the state average rose. Note that grade-level results compare different cohorts, not the same students. Brown's foundation remains weak — math near 27% and absenteeism above 36% — but the trend is moving in the right direction.